Lyrics for On the Radio as interpreted by Airyca

On the Radio Lyrics
this is how it works
it feels a little worse
and when we drove our hearse
right through that screaming crowd
while laughing up a storm
until we were just bone
until it got so warm
that none of us could sleep

then all the styrofoam
began to melt away
we tried to find some worms
to aid in the decay
but none of them were home
inside their catacomb
a million ancient bees
began to sting our knees

while we were on our knees
praying that disease
would leave the ones we love
and never come again
and on the radio
we heard november rain
the solo's really long
but it's a pretty song
we listened to it twice
cause the dj was asleep

this is how it works
you're young until you're not
you love until you don't
you try until you can't
you laugh until you cry
you cry until you laugh
and everyone must breathe
until their dying breath

this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into some--
someone else's heart
pumping someone else's blood

and walking arm in arm
you hope it don't get harmed
but even if it does
you'll just do it all again
on the radio
you hear november rain
that solo's awful long
but it's a nice refrain
you listen to it twice
cause the dj is asleep
on the radio...

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Way_AE
06-02-2006

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This is the song that made me a Regina Spektor fan.

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misung
06-04-2006

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so optimistic & reassuring :)

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ryechu
06-16-2006

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This song cheers me up so much. I think it's about making the most of the time you have on earth and to take risks. :)

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ryechu
06-16-2006

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This song cheers me up so much. I think it's about making the most of the time you have on earth and to take risks. :)

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AC/DC Fan
06-16-2006

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I love how Regina in this song honors the cherished GunsN'Roses masterpiece November Rain ^_^

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AC/DC Fan
06-16-2006

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I love how Regina in this song honors the cherished GunsN'Roses masterpiece November Rain ^_^

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ThestrokesLuVeR
06-16-2006

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REGINA SPECTOR WAS KICK ASS WITH JULES

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katie-s
07-05-2006

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I heard this song cos someone used it to make a fan video based on a fanfic for Stargate Atlantis called "Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose" (see http://www.kekkai.org/synecdochic/sga/freedoms_just_another_word.html if you're interested).

I love that the song, like the fic, manages to convey not only intense sorrow and loss but also a feeling of hope.

To me it's about not having any regrets, about being satisfied with the way you've lived and the way you've loved. It's about coming to terms with what has happened in the past and learning to move on.

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_ellie
07-18-2006

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handclaps, ou!

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clouds
08-15-2006

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this song is whatever you make it to be...either sad or happy...i think

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proposals
08-17-2006

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This is really lovely:

"this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into someone else's heart
pumping someone else's blood"

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shirtsleeves
08-22-2006

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"this is how it works
you're young until you're not
you love until you don't
you try until you can't
you laugh until you cry
you cry until you laugh
and everyone must breathe
until their dying breath"

that part makes me think & feel a lot. it's like - things are the way they are. sometimes, you don't have control over things. you can only do so much.

that message is kind of repeated when she talks about the song being on the radio twice in a row because the DJ fell asleep. all you can do is listen to it over again.

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punkynoisething
09-03-2006

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I'm reading "The Plague" by Camus right now, and I happened upon this song, and I'm interpreting it with a social context of being a child during a plague outbreak. I'm probably reaching on that one though. Thoughts?

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ernie2517
09-07-2006

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i love love love this song.

my favorite part is:

this is how it works
you're young until you're not
you love until you don't
you try until you can't
you laugh until you cry
you cry until you laugh
and everyone must breathe
until their dying breath

no, this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into some--
someone else's heart
pumping someone else's blood
and walking arm in arm
you hope it don't get harmed
but even if it does
you'll just do it all again

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bryce
09-22-2006

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Is it just me, or is the first part a drug reference? The way she describes it sounds like she's talking about the physical and emotion stages of being on heroin.
It starts out feeling really bad, you're not sure whether you like it or not, then you get feeling really good and self absorbed, you wouldn't care how many people you hurt, and then it's followed by your whole body getting uncomfortably warm, making it hard to sleep and difficult to do anything at all. Once that part is over, you just want it to go away, by throwing up or... anything, and after that you get cramp-like pains in your joints or teeth.
After that, it just seems like a simple song about how you should give everything your everything, and once you've become yourself, you find love and live until you're dead.

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Rosemage
09-28-2006

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i agree with bryce, actually. it does sound like it....actually, it might be similar to that the whole way, if it's so pro- reckless abandon and such. (much support from over here ;D)

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kozmik
10-11-2006

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This is a song clearly about death people. dont you know what a hearse is?

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Relapser
10-23-2006

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The solo in November Rain is too long. I agree.

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talk_about_it
12-05-2006

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I was listening to reginas c.d. lazily one when she sung the lines this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into some--
someone else's heart
pumping someone else's blood
I just stopped and thought oh my gosh. thats how love feels that is what falling in love is this is one of my favorite songs she is SOOOO damn smart. i swear she writes the best songs.

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siobs
12-08-2006

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This is the song that got me hooked on Regina Spektor. How much do I love the clapping... and the film clip!!! Oh my.

Everyone is talking about the lines:

this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into some--
someone else's heart
pumping someone else's blood

I think it's talking about how you have to be able to love yourself before you can love anyone and anyone can love you. You need to be able to vlaue things about yourself in order for other people to do the same.

I think it just explains the whole 'love' thing beautifully. She's so talented.

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All_almost
12-11-2006

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I agree with siobs with how she is saying that you must love within before you can love another.

I think November Rain seems like it is something that soothes or heals in this song. In both parts of the song things get bad or you might lose someone or a relationship (start it all again) and then on the radio you hear November Rain.

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rainingpaperlilies
12-16-2006

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these lyrics are genius and complex.

the song is both happy and sad.

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somethingaboutnikki
12-19-2006

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this is one of my favorite regina spektor songs. seriously.
the lyrics are beautiful.
i love this:
"this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into some--
someone else's heart"




great song.
true story.

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*music*lover*
12-21-2006

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this song is absolutly amzing. it is easily my favorite song by her. the part where she sings
"this is how it works
you're young until you're not
you love until you don't
you try until you can't
you laugh until you cry
you cry until you laugh
and everyone must breathe
until their dying breath

this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into some--
someone else's heart
pumping someone else's blood"

is a perfect and simple discription of life and love. truly genius.

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daystoforget
12-23-2006

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"but even if it does
you'll just do it all again"

so true.

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